Colorectal Cancer Screening Resources

Colorectal cancer screening rates for Oregon Medicare beneficiaries are below the national average and far below rates from the best-performing health plans. Approximately half of all Oregonians age 50–75 are not current for an evidence-based screening test and are missing the opportunity for colorectal cancer prevention or early diagnosis and cure.

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Screening guidelines

• American Academy of Family Physicians
• American Cancer Society
  
• U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)

Coverage

• Medicare
• MLN Matters Provider Education Articles Related to Medicare-covered Preventive Benefits (PDF)
• Healthcare.gov
• Consumer information on preventive services under the Affordable Care Act, including colorectal cancer screening available at no cost for adults over 50

Resources

General

• CRC Screening Toolkit—Oregon Partnership for Cancer Control (PDFs)
  • CRC Patient Handout
  • CRC Screening Guide
• Poster: CRC Screening Saves Lives (PDF)
• Poster: Live To Tell About It (PDF)
• FOBT Instructions (PDF)
• How to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates in Practice: A Primary Care Clinician’s  Evidenced-Based Toolbox and Guide: Created by clinicians for clinicians, to help improve colorectal cancer screening in actual practice. Provides state-of-the-science information, advice to help make your screening practices more efficient, and tools to use in your practice.
  Interactive Web-based toolbox
  PDF version (3.18Mb)
  CRC Clinician’s Guide: Cancer Screening Action Plan: A shorter version of the Toolbox and Guide, designed for busy clinicians.
• American College of Gastroenterology Colon Cancer Resource Kit for Physicians & Patients
• American Cancer Society’s ColonMD: Clinicans' Information Source

Oregon Health Authority

• "The Cancer You Can Prevent" media campaign pilot

Disparities

• Colorectal Cancer Screening—United States, 2002, 2004, 2006, and 2008. Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, January 14, 2011, 60(01);42–46
  
• Gap Continues in African American Deaths from Colorectal Cancer (Colorectal Cancer Coalition, February 2009)

National organizations

• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
• American Cancer Society
  
• National Cancer Institute
  
• Colorectal Cancer Coalition
  
• Colon Cancer Alliance
  
• Mayo Clinic
  
• National Colorectal Cancer Research Alliance
  
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  
• Prevent Cancer Foundation